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April 28, 2017 New Vice President, Telesat LEO, is Erwin Hudson Mr. Hudson will be based at Telesat’s headquarters in Ottawa and he will direct the development and implementation of Telesat’s...
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Encoders from Telairity to Pump Up NOORSAT's HD Channel Efforts When HD demand exceeded the supply of converted SD units, Telairity’s NexGen BE8740 1RU four-channel HD/SD encoders were in production...
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Opened: Predator and Reaper RPA Landing Gear Systems Automated Production Line by General Atomics and GKN Aerospace The companies have been working together for several years to offer Predator aircraft to the Dutch Armed Forces.
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April 27, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne Propels Cassini on Excellent Adventure to Saturn and Then Its Demise Cassini has made startling discoveries throughout the Saturnian system, including liquid methane seas on its largest moon, Titan, and liquid water ...
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Now Offered by Research and Markets Insights Into the Global Low-Cost Satellite Market, 2017-2021 The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years.
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Cloud-Free Images Released by PlanetObserver with Up-To-Date Geographic Info Processed with current Landsat 8 source data for 40 percent of the global and more than 300 major urban areas across the world...
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Speedcast Signs On As Tampnet's First Partner for Gulf of Mexico Service Tampnet’s new Gulf of Mexico network comes at a time when the oil and gas industry is looking to advancements in...
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Evaluation Underway by Shenzhen Airlines of Inmarsat SB-S via Cobham AVIATOR 300D The SB-S platform, which will be installed on Shenzhen’s Airbus 320 aircraft using Cobham avionics’ AVIATOR 300D hardware...
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Augmented Reality for Astronauts in Play by VTT for the ESA in the future, it is envisaged that astronauts will be able to use this AR tool to perform maintenance tasks and real-time equipment monitoring...
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DTH Channels for Satellite Will Not Grow as Quickly in the Long Term, According to NSR Capacity growth will be limited in the medium-term as Cable TV and IPTV platforms turn to HEVC to reduce costs...
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NASA's Cassini Makes a Milestone Dive In Narrow Gap Between Saturn and Its Rings No particles larger than smoke particles are expected, but the precautionary measure is being taken on the first dive.
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NSS Experiments Set for Exos Suborbital Space Launch As a demonstration of EIS' NewSpace education program, the experiments draw from the different areas of the educational spectrum...
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Hubble's 27th Birthday NASA Celebrates with a New Angle on Two Spiral Galaxies
Both galaxies are approximately 55 million light-years away.
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ULA Makes Launch Date for NASA's Tracking Data Relay System-M Payload The addition of TDRS-M to the Space Network (SN) will provide the ability to support space communication for an additional 15 years.
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April 26, 2017 From PCI Geomatic's "Get More From Imagery" Webinar Series... Object Analyst offers an intuitive workflow based approach that will make it easy for non-image processing experts to make...
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Thuraya Aero's Newest Venture Inflight Connectivity for Small and Medium Aircraft
providing in-flight connectivity for Internet access, voice calls, text messaging and high-speed data applications on board small and medium aircraft.
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Arianespace Resumes Business ... Month Long Strike Over ... Launch Date for SGDC and Koreasat-7 The roadblocks installed on the ultramarine territory were lifted, and Arianespace made no mention referring to the month long delay that prevented the launch of SGDC and Koreasat-7.
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Eutelsat Communications ... Eutelsat Americas' New CEO is a Familiar Name in the Industry at Eutelsat Americas he will leverage his broad experience across media, broadcast and telecoms markets to steer Eutelsat Americas’ activities ...
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Launch Date for ViaSat-2 Announced The ViaSat-2 satellite will launch aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center...
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ADS-B Flight Tests by Aireon and FAA Successfully Completed The flight took place on Thursday, March 30, 2017, using the FAA’s specially equipped “flying laboratory” Bombardier jet with three AireonSM payloads...
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Shenzhen Airlines Takes Off Safely ... Using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-Safety, and Cobham's 300D Hardware Beginning May 2017, Shenzhen Airlines will be taking off in more than one way ... with a new service ...
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April 25, 2017 Marlink Sees the Needs for Those at Sea ... Expanded Sealink Business VSAT Plan Customers can choose from seven levels of guaranteed bandwidth ensuring availability of broadband communications for business needs.
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Satellite Infrastructure for a Top 10 US-Based DMA Now Underway ETL will provide two of its best-in-class 64x64 Vortex L-band matrix systems and six of its 16-port LNB PSU (Low Noise Block Power Supply) solutions...
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ENENSYS to Acquire TeamCast ENENSYS confirmed that TeamCast will continue to operate as a standalone company.
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MEASAT’s Video Neighborhood is Growing as Encompass Digital Media Expands with Eight Channels Video continues to be MEASAT’s core focus and they will continue to grow this segment in cooperation with partners...
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Nothing Cryptic About US Air Force's Confidence in Harris' Information Assurance Products ... secure communications on the battlefield is a critical element in keeping our warfighters safe and ensuring mission success.
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Thuraya is Forging Ahead at Their 15th Partner Conference in Dubai
the 15th annual Partners' Conference in Dubai, hosted by Thuraya is Forging Ahead... and they are doing just that.
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Gilat Satcom Provides More Color for Orange... Satellite Connectivity in Congo Previously Gilat Satcom, and its local partner Raga Sat were providing 400Mb to Orange which has now increased to 1Gb that will be used to ...
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UHP Offers the VSAT Network Solution to Prominent European Utility Company
VSAT networks systems are able to solve numerous issues due to their broad coverage and resilience to natural disasters
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A Major Move for SES's AMC-4 Satellite for Gogo Gogo has leased all available capacity on SES’s AMC-4 satellite...
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On the NABSHOW Floor... New Goodies and Experts from International Datacasting Present at Their Booth Since merging with Novra Technologies last year, IDC has broadened and enhanced their product portfolio to include...
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Intelsat's EpicNG to Play a Major Role for Liquid Telecom As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Liquid Telecom has committed to dedicated services on the Intelsat 33e satellite...
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On the NABSHOW Floor... Rohde & Schwarz Bring Forward Their New Encoder and Multiplexer The R&S AVHE100 is a complete software-based platform that runs on standard IT components.
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SES Rolls Out Their Ultra HD Solution in the US More than 20 MVPDs, with a combined audience of nearly 10 million subscribers, are testing SES’s all-in-one Ultra HD solution...
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SES Gets Real with Help from Newtec... Immersive Virtual Reality TV Experience from NAB They can't get much more real than this virtual reality live TV show transmitted from NAB.
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April 24, 2017 Thirty-Eight Smallsats Set for Orbital Assignments from Cygnus and ISS Aboard the Orbital ATK Cygnus flight to the ISS were 38 smallsats...
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Moving On Up... Jarvis Named as Chief Revenue Officer for HawkEye 360 Jarvis comes to HawkEye 360 from Planet...
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Arabsat Engaging in the Arab Radio and TV Festival Arabsat has a unique and strong commercial relationship with ASBU,...
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Dr. Dickinson Named as the New Space Data Association's Chairman Dr. Dickinson succeeds the outgoing SDA Chairman, Mark Rawlins, Eutelsat, who will continue as a Director of the group.
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Gazprom Agrees to a Capacity Contract for HorizonSat The capacity leased by HorizonSat will provide Internet connectivity in the countries of Central and Eastern Africa...
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Crystal in the Cloud as Video Metadata Analyzer Becomes a Cloud-Based Solution at NAB Extension of Crystal’s Video Metadata Analyzer into the cloud helps content owners capture the revenue potential of over-the-top video
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Rendezvous and Berthing at ISS Has Been Successfully Completed by Orbital ATK's Cygnus Known as OA-7, this mission marks the company’s seventh cargo delivery mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract.
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A Big Dream for Israeli High School Students' SmallSat is Successful It is the only QB50 nano-satellite constructed by high school students. The others were developed by college students.
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Iridium Partners with Lindsey Manufacturing to Deliver Power SATCOM Solutions This partnership expands Iridium's footprint in the transmission utility day-ahead-power-transfer capacity market, by integrating satellite...
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Signalhorn Contributes Their Expertise In Connecting Africa at NG Telecoms Summit Africa ... more than 100 global leaders in the telecom industry will be discussing challenges of meeting the needs of African-based customers...
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Far-Out Technologies to Receive NASA Funding The agency received 1,621 proposals in response to its 2017 solicitation for its SBIR and STTR programs.
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Encore Performance as Walton De-Ice Systems Selected Again by Prominent Pay TV Service
legacy of providing Earth Station Antenna de-icing and weather protection systems for this premiere cable TV brand, dates back 25 years.
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Globecast and Harmonic Go Ultra with UHD High Dynamic Range OTT Service ... VIVE Lifestyle Network is Onboard ... the groundbreaking OTT PaaS will make UHD-HDR content instantly available to consumers, and...
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On the NABSHOW Floor... ARRIS International Brings Their New Satellite Receivers To Vegas the new receivers feature next-generation HEVC UHD/4K decoding and DVB-S2X demodulation capabilities...
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The MUOS-5 Satellite is Now Delivering BLOS Comms to Warfighters MUOS-5 is the latest edition to a network of orbiting satellites and relay ground stations that is revolutionizing communications for mobile forces.
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RFP from USAF SMC for EELV LDPEs... Ridesharing for the Future This SMC acquisition responds to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) standard service policy that requires rideshare services on launch missions when feasible.
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Advantech Wireless' U7400 VSAT Router WaveSwitch™ Technology at NAB So many companies with so many products to 'shout and tout about' at this year's NAB in Las Vegas.
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April 23, 2017 Advantech Wireless Certified for UK's Cyber Essentials Requirements The Cyber Essentials Certification has become mandatory for suppliers of UK Government contracts...
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Performance Packed AtlanTecRF Synthesizer Debuts in a Compact Form Factor Units can be supplied with an input for an external 10MHz system reference of 0+/-3dBm...
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Global Teleports Focuses On Occasional Use Customers with ViPNet™ The service will be more cost effective for people who need a superfast service for occasional use...
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Major Milestone for Ariane 6 Completed by Airbus Safran Launchers and their Partners The review confirmed that the maturity of the industrialization of Ariane 6 is sufficient to start production of the ground qualification models...
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Upgrade Incorporated by Advantech Wireless into their U7400 VSAT Modem / Router The U7400 VSAT Modem Router has demonstrated “On-the-Fly” Waveform switching between 64Kbps low data rate MF-TDMA to...
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On the NABSHOW Floor... Cobham SATCOM Products to Play a Starring Role... Cobham’s NAB Show booth has been designed to demonstrate the diverse EXPLORER portfolio’s ability to provide high bandwidth and reliability...
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Communications & Power Industries Does the Wave ... Celebrates the Shipment of Its 3,500th Ka-Band HPA This company celebrates the shipment of their 3,500th Ka-band high-power amplifier (HPA) used for satellite communications applications.
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Finally an Agreement in Guyana With Governments and Collective ... Arianespace to Proceed "a defining day for the future of Guyana."
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April 20, 2017 On the NABSHOW Floor... TeamCast to Present Products and Expertise One product that TeamCast is releasing at NABSHOW 2017 is the new VORTEX II product that's dedicated to ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 networks.
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Major Milestone Reached by SPOT Satellite Devices — 5K+ Rescues Across the Globe SPOT customers are currently initiating nearly two rescues a day.
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It's a First for China ... Launches Cargo Spacecraft, Plans for Building Space Station Without a cargo transportation system, the station would run out of power and basic necessities, causing it to return to Earth before the designated time.
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Russia Launches Two Cosmonauts Who Successfully Commute to International Space Station The Expedition 51 crew members will spend more than four months conducting approximately 250 science investigations such as ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts US Closer to Independent Space Travel With Reusable Engine Test “We look forward to ... continuing our proud heritage of enabling astronauts to fly to the International Space Station from US soil.”
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Encore for XTAR... $9.8 Million Contract Keeps US Navy's UAS Connected ... will supply X-band satellite services for the continued testing of the MQ-4C Triton UAS
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Globecomm Covers the Globe With End-to-End Solutions at NAB2017 from end-to-end managed services, systems integration and cloud-related offerings for transporting video content and data over multiple networks ...
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Launch Pod Integration Success Leads SSG's Smallsats to Launch Date in India These nanosatellites will be launched from the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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Draper's Flight Software Supports Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser For the Dream Chaser Cargo System, Draper addressed these challenges by applying its flight-proven capabilities that also enable cargo delivery...
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New Rapid Response Vehicle Drives Out of SES The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world’s first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technologies over multiple orbits and frequencies...
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IRG Asks THE Question ... Interference, Is Technology Able to Solve It? The good news is that sectors across the industry are working on technologies to counter interference, many of which are available for use now.
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April 19, 2017 Advantech Wireless Upgrades High Speed Performance of Ultimate Series U7400 VSAT Modem
demonstrated “On-the-Fly” Waveform switching between 64Kbps low data rate MF-TDMA to 100 Mbps SCPC DVB-S2X Waveforms
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ABS-2's 12x27 MHZ of Payload Now Co-Branded as MongolSat-1 MongolSat-1 represents the country of Mongolia's first co-branded satellite payload in its history.
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C-COM Takes Their Satellite Systems Outside at NAB2017 taking their products to a large outdoor exhibit at number OE826. (Maybe it's just a coincidence, but they are located towards the beer tent.)
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Introductions Are In Order as EarthCARE Meets Its Payload at Airbus' Facility ... met for the first time when the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) handed over the instrument to ESA...
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Intelsat to Complete Their EpicNG Network with Launch of Horizons' 3e Satellite by Arianespace This launch will occur late in 2018 and will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
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India's ISRO Planning a J-V to Build Launch Vehicles The first launch is planned for 2020-21 under this proposed entity...
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On the NABSHOW Floor... Switching On is QUINTECH One of the products on display for the company will be the XTREME 80 next-generation L-band matrix switch that features 80 ports in a...
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Walton's De-Ice Can Eliminate Snow and Ice Buildup on Antennas in Las Vegas ... uniquely patented design prevents snow and ice from accumulating on an Earth station antenna and degrading or breaking satellite links.
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Globalsat Group and Iridium Receive a Warm Welcome in Chile ... particular interest in countries like Chile, where emergencies caused by natural disasters often take telecommunications services to their limits. Full Story
April 18, 2017 ULA Launches OA-7 Cygnus' John Glenn ... From Sand to Sky From sand to sky, many celebrate the successful launch of OA-7 John Glenn, Orbital ATK's rocket carries supplies to the ISS.
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Norsat Receives Unsolicited, Non-Binding Proposal recently received an unsolicited, conditional, non-binding proposal from Privet Fund Management LLC (“Privet”) to acquire the Company for cash consideration of ...
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Yahlive Makes Great Sounds... Exclusive PMC Music Channel PMC Music exclusively on Yahlive, as they enjoy an impressive retention rate of 88 percent across Farsi-speaking communities
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PCI Geomatics' Geomatica 2017 Features Object Analyst and InSAR Modules Using RadarSat-2 and TerraSar-X, InSAR is suitable for any land subsidence or uplift application
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Awesome Aussies to Send Off Collaborative CubeSats Large space stations eventually have to come down through the atmosphere, with something that big it’s important to know exactly where they will land.
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Thales Alenia Space's Modules Can Do the Dirty Work it will be loaded with waste (which can weigh as much as the original cargo), detached from the station, and sent back through the Earth’s atmosphere...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Provides Propulsion in CRS-7 Launch ... Gets the Rocket From Here to There ..."we’re thrilled to see that legacy continue with this critical resupply mission."
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Eight Launches During Fiscal 2017 Planned by Japan The Japanese government plans to further shorten the intervals between launches in response to growing business demand for satellites...
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The Aerojet Rocketdyne Push Behind the Orbital ATK CRS-7 Flight Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion included an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine; six helium pressurization tanks; 12 Centaur upper-stage thrusters and...
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Experiments as Well as Supplies Head for ISS Aboard Orbital ATK's Cygnus Resupply Spacecraft After ULA Launch Highlights from the new experiments will include studies on cancer-fighting drugs, crystal growth and atmospheric reentry.
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Crystal is Clear ... as TheyAcquire Video Design Software ... will offer Crystal’s customers the ability to enhance reach, engagement and monetization of their high-value content.
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Thales Alenia Space Completes South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2s Satellites Mission Delivers Third of Three Panels
..."marks the first time such large panels have been integrated in our country."
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April 17, 2017 Spectracom and Talen-X Combine Forces for Advanced PNT Solutions Many mission critical operations require highly accurate and reliable PNT data but often rely on GPS/GNSS satellites that are increasingly susceptible...
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Cygnus To Launch In 3D, Courtesy of NASA, ULA and Orbital ATK To view in 360, use a mouse or move a personal device to look up and down, back and forth...
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Technology Advances Made Possible Through ZERO-G Research Flights A collection of flights on G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G’s specially modified Boeing 727, gave researchers the chance to run experiments and test innovative systems...
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UltiSat Awarded A CTC Task Order By DISA UltiSat will provide bandwidth needed in order to support the USAF Space Test and Training Range (STTR)...
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On The NABSHOW Floor... 4K Video Stream From Space “Reaching for the Stars: Connecting to the Future with NASA and Hollywood” will take place at 10:30 a.m. on...
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ULA Reports All Is Well for Upcoming OA-7 Cygnus Resupply Mission OA-7 will include approximately 3,380 kg (7,452 lb) of internal cargo and an 83 kg (183 lb) external deployer carrying CubeSats.
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Orbital ATK Honors Astronaut John Glenn ... Spacecraft OA-7 Cygnus Ready to Launch Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth...
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It's Cool to Build a Cube Satellite and Belong to this Organization “Earth is just one pinch of sand in the universe.”
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Satellite Crashes Could Soar by 50 Percent Due to Lower Costs and Glut of Launches 'There has been a paradigm shift in the manufacturing of satellites. The cost of making a single communications satellite usually runs to hundreds of millions of pounds...'
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VORAGO Technologies' ISO 9001 Certification Indicates Positive Management Their customers trust their products to operate reliably in the most extreme environments.
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April 14, 2017 On the NABSHOW Floor... Globecomm's Presence... The technologies behind the company's successes will be on display at NABSHOW.
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On the NABSHOW Floor... MX1's Execs to Lead Presentations... MX1 is in the perfect position to advise on ways that broadcasters can resolve challenges related to OTT, mobile, and satellite delivery.
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On-Board Entertainment System To Enhance Crew Welfare @ Sea Debuts from NSSLGlobal CrewVision provides an extensive range of new and classic Hollywood movies, box sets, documentaries, world-wide news and sports summaries for crews to enjoy.
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Globecast Partners with Crown Media Family Networks... Creates Twofold Disaster Recovery System
"Crown Media can go to air with a greater sense of confidence knowing that a proper backup plan is in place."
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April 13, 2017 On the NABSHOW Floor... DataMiner from Skyline Communications in the Spotlight Seven core DataMiner applications are united in the 9.5 release...
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Infocast’s SPACE 2.0 Takes Attendees to a Higher Space Earth Pixels will profile benefits to end-users of geospatial data, such as new satellite constellations, analytics solutions and big data platforms.
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Newtec's Newest... NAB Here They Come! Find out how next-generation IP satellite links boost connectivity for IP news gathering...
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C-COM and NSERC Will Work Together on a Modular, Low-Cost, Intelligent Antenna The primary goal of the research will be the development of a new modular, low-cost, intelligent antenna for next generation of mobile satellite communications.
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The Geospatial Industry Innovation Gains Major Assistance from Trimble and Ordnance Survey The mobile devices, using Trimble GNSS software and antenna technology, will enable users to capture physical, real-world positioning data ranging from...
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Capacity Deal for More Inflight Connectivity Signed by SES and Gogo With these latest agreements, Gogo has now signed important capacity deals across 11 SES satellites...
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NASA Missions' New Insights into 'Ocean Worlds' the Closest We've Come to a Habitable Environment ”These results demonstrate the interconnected nature of NASA's science missions that are getting us closer to answering whether we are indeed alone or not.”
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April 12, 2017 Quintech's XTREME 256 Matrix Switch, Among Other Equipment, Procured by US Government Quintech’s XTREME 256 matrix switch provides best-in-class reliability and uptime for critical 24x7 transmissions.
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Globalstar's SPOT to be Used in Oceanic Hydrocarbon Research This research is an extension of an ongoing project that launched in 2012 after the BP oil spill to monitor how pollutants behave in...
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The Entire Comms Solutions for Two Major O&G Projects Awarded to SpeedCast Speedcast’s systems integration experience spans 30 years and includes engineering and design, procurement, testing, installation and...
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Inmarsat's JetConneX Is Long on Talent... Shortlisted for Sapphire Pegasus Award "After six-years and a US$1.6 Billion investment, Jet ConneX is the only global, high-speed Wi-Fi solution..."
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AtlanTecRF's ASY Synthesizers Now Offer Widest Operating Range Minimum set-up and easy operation are key features of the new, compact synthesizer, designated ASY-0050-2000, covering the full...
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An International Space Project Places South Africa on the Satellite Industry Map The satellites will eventually be deployed into LEO over a period of 30 to 60 days as the ISS orbits the Earth.
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After 20 Years of Exceptional EUMETSAT Service, Farewell to Meteosat-7 ver the last ten years, Meteosat-7 has been delivering observations of the Indian Ocean from geostationary orbit.
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A Tad Over $73 Million Enriches KYMETA's Coffers in their Latest Investment Round... Kymeta, which spun out from Bellevue, Washington-based Intellectual Ventures in 2012, announced a partnership with Intelsat...
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An MoU Between Thuraya Telecommunications Company and Space Startup ELSE SA Now in Effect The agreement will allow the companies to collaborate and benefit from their individual capabilities on multiple fronts...
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SSL is Signed to Service in Space by DARPA ...enlisted to develop advanced capabilities for servicing and maintaining spacecraft in geostationary orbit.
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KVH is Agile With Their Satellite Solutions...AgilePlans for Advanced Communications bringing simplicity, accessibility, and scalability without the need for up front CAPEX, so the AgilePlans service from KVH is groundbreaking...
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Moving On Up... SSL Strengthens US Government Support with Appointments of New Executives Under the direction of Richard White, who was promoted to President of SSL Government Systems, Robert Zitz has joined the company as...
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China Launches Their First HTS Satellite Shijian-13 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province via a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
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April 11, 2017 Now Published — World Teleport Association's Satellite Operator Benchmarks 2017... This is the seventh report in WTA's annual Satellite Operator Benchmarks series, for which FutureSource provides the field research.
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Telenor's Nittedal Teleport Gains WTA Certification Since its introduction at IBC 2015, the Certification program has quickly grown in popularity, with 12 teleports currently engaged in the quality evaluation process...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Positioning Themselves for Future Growth The company is two years into the first phase of their CIP affordability drive and the consolidation progress
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On the NABSHOW Floor... Norsat International Brings BUCs for Viewing The Median series of Ku-band BUCs comes in 16W, 25W and 40W options...
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On the NABSHOW floor... ETL Systems to Showcase Their Broadcast Solutions... These technologies provide similar benefits, including the ability to customize the router with input modules...
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No Terminal Required for GateHouse Telecom's New Global Xpress Link Emulator The GLE simulates a real satellite connection and terminal and can be used at any time in a lab for GX application development and test.
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Risk Tolerance Increases by Satellite Operators After Lackluster 2016 Capacity Revenues — New Report A shift in emphasis, away from the broadcast-dominated days, into a brave new world of HTS, LEOs and MEOs...
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Paradigm’s Swarm45 Terminal Goes Flat for Worldwide Coverage on Inmarsat's Global Xpress During successful demonstrations in multiple user scenarios, US government end-users were connected in under five minutes, anywhere in the world...
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland's New Satellite Imaging Method... Accuracy to 10 Meters Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to ten meters
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April 10, 2017 SSC's Successful Launch of Europe's Largest Sounding Rocket... MAXUS 9 to the Max The payload landed with a parachute within the impact area and will be recovered by helicopter.
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Honeywell Debuts Satellite-Based Solution to Help Ensure Worker Location Safety Emergency services, maritime, military and oil and gas workers can share their location with GPS coordinates and send text messages using the...
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Thales InFlyt Service Gains Flexibility and Efficiency Via New DTP Onboard the SES-17 Satellite SES-17’s next-generation fully digital payload has been jointly optimized by SES and Thales Alenia Space over the past year.
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SSL's Serious Satellite Servicing Demo Success for the Restore-L Project The SRR enabled the SSL and NASA teams to work together...
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The Smallest and Mighty... Rock Seven's 2-Way SATCOM System with Integrated Antenna Rock Seven engineers have managed to shrink the already compact RockBLOCK form factor down to just...
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The Appearance of a New Electric Propulsion Latch Valve from Cobham In addition to satellite propulsion technologies, Cobham is also qualifying launch vehicle propulsion check and relief valves...
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Curtiss-Wright Lowers Space Flight Cost, Speeds Up Development Time and Reduces Risk The Smart Backplane is the central component to the first data acquisition system designed for space applications...
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The New Space Race — Africa this new era of satellite services ...providing cost-effective solutions for markets previously unable to afford satellite connectivity...
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Redundant Main Feeds with TeamCast's New VYPER 3000 The VYPER 3000's four IP inputs can be used as two data inputs (one main, one back-up) and...
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Air Force's Space Chief Receptive to Flying on Recycled SpaceX Rockets The idea of flying on recycled rockets became a reality a week ago when...
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Globalstar's New Compression Is On the Way The technology allows for the loading of web page content in seconds as opposed to minutes with many satellite devices.
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SSC and BridgeSat to Partner on Satellite Optical Comms Equipment BridgeSat and SSC will cooperate commercially to leverage their respective capabilities in optical and RF SATCOM solutions.
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Boeing to Bring Their Presence to South Australia Boeing’s presence in Australia is already its largest outside of the United States...
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French Guiana Shuts Down... Indefinite Postponement of Arianespace's Launch One member of the collective told local radio that nobody would be able to pass the blockade after midnight on Sunday "even on foot."
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Signalhorn Garners Extended Comms Contract for Leading O&G Firm in North Africa This drilling company operates a number of rigs in North Africa with a focus on...
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In Africa, Gilat Satcom Brings SATCOM Connectivity to ICSL The company was selected following a competitive tender involving multiple providers and will also be ...
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Capturing the Crystal Cabin Award for their IFE and Portal is Global Eagle Entertainment The annual Crystal Cabin Awards were presented in seven categories at the 2017 Aviation Interiors Exhibition (AIX) in...
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The New VidOSat from VidOvation is a Boon for DSNG The collapsible VidOsat terminal can be easily transported as checked luggage in its two included IATA-compliant cases.
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SES and Luxembourg Government's Healthy Agreement to Extend SATMED E-Health Contract ... solution is designed to connect doctors and nurses based in remote locations to the outside world.
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Roccor's High Strain Component Technology Patents Licensed to AFRL The HSC boom uses AFRL’s HSC technology controlling the release mechanism and kinematic mounts while in space.
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The Aerospace Corporation's Dr. Janson Receives NASA's NIAC Grant Award This award is one of 22 early-stage technical proposals that will transform the future of human and robotic exploration missions...
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Kubos Corporation Garners $1.65 Million in Funding This news means more advancements are on the horizon for Kubos for their open-source satellite flight software, KubOS.
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Comark and TeamCast Go to the Field in Cleveland... Selected for ATSC 3.0 Field Tests This initiative comes at a perfect time as many US broadcasters are assigned new channels...
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April 7, 2017 RUAG Has a Reason to Celebrate... RUAG celebrates with toasts to its success.
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On the NAB Show Floor — Hiltron's Super-HMAM in the Spotlight Hiltron Communications is currently completing a major SATCOM project in South America...
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Kuprion Has the Squeeze on Copper With this product, the industry will take a significant step toward more reliable systems that can overcome typical solder creep and fatigue issues...
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Moving On Up... Steen Named as VT iDirect's New CEO Steen has served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Sales since joining VT iDirect in 2010.
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The Crashing Craft Conference to be Hosted by ESA Currently, approximately 750,000 objects larger than 1 cm are orbiting Earth.
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Electronic Flight Bag Tech Has Global Eagle Entertainment Busy with SunExpress The Global Eagle EFB solutions will provide instant access to critical flight data, such as flight path and weather conditions, in the cockpit and...
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Cartographic Microprocessor Included in PolarFire™ FPGA The need for increased cybersecurity has been recognized industry-wide, particularly throughout the communications, defense and industrial markets.
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Making a Marathon Safer with Globlstar's SPOT Gen3 The SPOT Gen3 allows race organizers, support teams and supporters to precisely track each competitor’s location and its one-touch S.O.S. button...
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Japan's Engineering Test Satellite-9 to be Built by Mitsubishi Electric The ETS-9 will be the centerpiece of a project to develop an advanced satellite bus...
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April 6, 2017 ORBCOMM To Support SATCOM Tracking for Federal Bureau of Prisons The Kevadiya and ORBCOMM solution for the BOP will provide position and performance data for their fleet of transport buses as well as...
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Meteosat-7 to Go to Final Resting Place... Shaped the Success Story of Satellite Meteorology With almost 20 years in orbit, Meteosat-7 also has had the longest operational lifetime of any European meteorological satellite.
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New Orders for Advantech Wireless' X-Band Family of SATCOM GaN-Based SSPAs and BUCs These advanced systems are extremely versatile and perfectly suited for harsh environments, SOTM and man-pack terminal deployments.
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Additive Manufactured Thrust Chamber Assembly Experience Successful Aerojet Rocketdyne Hot Fire Test The company has actively been working over the last decade to incorporate 3-D printing technology into the RL10 and other propulsion systems...
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HDTV Heading Into Solomon Islands Via Av-Comm The delivery of television content via satellite is a critical requirement for the Solomon Islands...
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NovelSat Modem Integration by C-COM Satellite Systems C-COM’s ‘Best in Class’ antenna controllers now offer interoperability with 11 different modem manufacturers...
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Curtiss-Wright Acquisition Flight Units Build for Orion Spacecraft Successfully Delivered Curtiss-Wright is one of only a handful of suppliers that provide electronic subsystems to the Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) programs.
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Changes Afoot @ SES—Keyser and Collar to Head Up Two New Business Units These business units will focus on the video- and data-centric segments in which SES operates.
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Dobroflot's Russian Fishing Fleet Go Orange Those who head out when the seas are rough to ensure fish can be on our tables deserves a few things to make their time on board more comfortable
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April 5, 2017 Shaping the Inflight Connectivity Market According to SES The SES approach and the future of IFC are described in the new SES White Paper “Connected Planes, Smart Systems.Full Story
IoT DeviSe shipments Projected to Reach 530.1 million Units in 2022 According to Berg Insight Strong growth is fueled by fast-growing demand in China and the global adoption of connected car technology...
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On the 33rd Space Symposium Show Floor — Ball Aerospace Presents Innovations and Discoveries At this year's Symposium, Ball Aerospace leaders have already participated in...
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On the 33rd Space Symposium Show Floor — Curtiss-Wright Highlights Their Smart Backplane Technology Smart Backplane lowers the cost of space flight while speeding development time and significantly reducing program risk.
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April 4, 2017 Major Development Milestones Met in Next-Generation Launch Vehicle Program by Orbital ATK The company’s modular NGL rocket family will be capable of launching a wide variety of national security payloads...
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Enabling Sustainable Life in Space is the Goal of the new Blue Horizon Company Blue Horizon will be pursuing the vision of creating the necessary conditions for enabling sustainable life in space and for revitalizing...
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SpaceX Goes Saharan... Falcon 9 to Launch GiSAT-1 Bringing Internet to 800 Million first HTS will cover areas across Sub-Saharan Africa with a combined population of over 800 million people.
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ULA Announces Delay of OA-7... New Date Established While completing testing for a ground support hydraulic condition discovered during prelaunch testing...
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April 3, 2017 Australian EO Market Target of Earth-i Efforts The Queensland Department of Natural Resources chose Earth-i and their data to map their entire State because...
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The Satellite of Love with Tom Servo, Crow and Joel Hodgson Orbiting to Netflix MST3K is returning and will be re-birthed on Netflix, starting on April 14th.
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The C-Band Spot Beam on Intelsat-35e to Expand African Banking Services The solution incorporates high-throughput Intelsat EpicNG C-band spot beam capacity available exclusively on Intelsat 35e.
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Future Human Space Activities Concepts Presented by Boeing at the 33rd Space Symposium Boeing is helping to develop the Space Launch System, a NASA project, which will deliver a habitat to cislunar space close to the Moon.
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Draper and Smithsonian Astrophysical Set to Untangle Spatial Mysteries The investigation will specifically track the most abundant particles in the solar atmosphere and wind—electrons, protons and helium ions...
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ISRO Embraces Private Sector to Outsource Satellite Manufacture Today for the first time a satellite is being fabricated in the private industry — a giant leap for the ISRO and a giant leap for the Indian space industry.
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Airbus Safran Launchers and ONERA Buddy Up to Plan for the Future With the aim of meeting the looming global competitiveness and technological innovation challenges
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Satellite Tracking Systems for FEMA, Brought to Them by Numerex and Software Tech Enterprises These asset tracking solutions allow logistics managers to track and manage tens of thousands of assets in the field...
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United Launch Alliance Emergency Egress System Milestone Completed The Boeing Company is developing Starliner and selected ULA’s Atlas V rocket for human-rated spaceflight to the International Space Station.
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Airbus and SITA Collaborate to Provide Advanced Cybersecurity Services for Air Transport Industry ...91 percent of airlines plan to invest in cybersecurity programs over the next three years.
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On the 33rd Space Symposium Show Floor — Disruptive Technologies in the Spotlight by Aerojet Rocketdyne... Subject matter experts are on hand throughout the symposium to answer questions and discuss the company’s products.
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Satnews Publishers Finds a Bright Future at the 33rd Space Symposium From greener types of energy and future journeys into deep space, to bright futures for educational STEM programs...
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